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Why Can’t We Move?
The nomination of Boston as the U.S. host city for the 2024 summer Olympics preceded much public discussion of the potential benefits and costs. Andrew Zimbalist, Ph.D. ’74, is perhaps the foremost analyst of public investments in sports facilities and …
Issue: July-August 2015
Campaigning, College-Style
The Undergraduate Council (UC) unveiled 24-hour Lamont Library access and fatter grants for student groups early in the fall, but soon infuriated its constituents. It planned a concert featuring ’90s rap artist Wyclef and sank $30,000 into a venture it …
Issue: March-April 2006
Quincy Jones and Harvard
LARGELY MISSED in the rush of encomia to beloved musician Quincy Jones, who recently died at the age of 91, were his multiple Harvard connections. He received an honorary doctorate in music in 1997 (“Musician, humanitarian, orchestrator extraordinaire, he …
Jeffrey Epstein’s Extensive Harvard Reach
The Harvard General Counsel’s office, charged last September by President Lawrence S. Bacow to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s gifts to and relationship with the University, found that his financial support did not extend past his conviction on sex charges …
Issue: July-August 2020
Brevia
Spotlight on Slavery On April 6—drawing on research conducted by the student-inspired Harvard and Slavery Project—Corporation Senior Fellow William F. Lee , President Drew Faust , and U.S. Representative John R. Lewis , LL.D. ’12, spoke to an audience at …
Issue: July-August 2016
The College’s Strong Admissions Yield
harvard College announced today that nearly 77 percent of students offered admission to the class of 2015 accepted—up from 75.5 percent last year. Harvard reported in March that 2,158 applicants (out of 34,950) had been offered admission—a record-low rate …
FAS Details Debt, Financial Challenges
In preparation for a faculty meeting on December 9, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean Michael D. Smith released an " FAQ About the Endowment " on December 5. It follows up and considerably extends the discussion and questions raised at the November …
At Home with Harvard: Harvard History through a New Lens
This round-up is part of Harvard Magazine ’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the prior pieces, featuring stories about the history of women at Harvard, the climate crisis, …
Yesterday’s News
1915 Commencement Day events include the formal presentation of Widener Memorial Library to the University—and an undergraduate oration by Edward Estlin (“e.e.”) Cummings ’15. 1925 The Associated Harvard Clubs’ Committee on Service to the University …
Issue: May-June 2025
Prospective Overseers State Their Views
In light of the importance of the annual election for members of Harvard’s Board of Overseers—and heightened interest stemming from last year’s vigorously contested results and the possibility of a similar contest this year — Harvard Magazine is …
A Bold Business Agenda
Srikant Datar had to overcome two disadvantages upon assuming his responsibilities as dean of Harvard Business School (HBS)on January 1, 2021: taking office in the middle of an academic year, and amid the pandemic. He did so by drawing on all his …
Issue: March-April 2022
Harvard Square's Best
During the worst early days of the pandemic in Massachusetts, the Harvard Square Business Association sent drones overhead to capture the ghost-town feel of the streets. The result was a haunting video of shuttered stores and cleared roads, devoid of …
Issue: September-October 2021
Social Media Use and Adult Depression
Parenting teenagers in 2022 generally entails worrying about their use of platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok; multiple studies point to links between social-media use and anxiety and depression among children and adolescents. Yet a new …
Issue: March-April 2022
Corporation member quits
Conrad K. Harper resigned from Harvard’s senior governing board on July 14 (see “ I can no longer support the president ,” September-October 2005). Also presented here, the University's official statement [external link] of July 28 and the statements …
Hansjörg Wyss Gives $350 Million to Bioengineering Institute
T he University announced this morning that Hansjörg Wyss, M.B.A. ’65, has made a $350-million gift to support the research of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering—his fourth: a start-up gift of $125 million in 2008 (then the largest …